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For the First Peoples of Australia, and for those more recently arrived, our relationship with the Australian landscape is defined by a deep sense of cultural belonging coupled with a history of conflict and displacement. For both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, to interrogate their place within the Australian landscape remains a complex undertaking. To authentically locate oneself within the land, to say ‘Here I Am’ is to take on the layered history of the landscape in a country continuing to be impacted by cultural and environmental change.

Expanding on traditions of landscape photography, the artists in You Are Here have each centred their connection and disconnection to the land. Through photography and film, they have reinserted themselves into the landscape, exploring ideas of home and identity within the environment informed by cultural, personal and historical narratives.

Featuring: Duha Ali and Justine Youssef, Ophelia Bakowski, Miriam Charlie, Nici Cumpston, Tammy Law, Bhenji Ra as part of Club Ate with Justin Shoulder in collaboration with Tristan Jalleh, James Tylor and Anne Zahalka

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Works by the artists

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Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Installation view of Nici CUMPSTON, Ringbarked II (2011/2016), Crayon on archival pigment print on hahnemuhle photo rag paper, 72 x 170cm. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Installation view of Tammy LAW, Away From Home series (2017), C-Type Photographic Prints on Phototex, 150 x 100cm each. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Tammy LAW, Away from Home ed 4 of 10 (2016), C-Type Photographic Print on Phototex, 150 x 100cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Body/Cartography (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Body/Cartography (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Kohl (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Kohl (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Kohl (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Duha ALI and Justine YOUSSEF, still from Kohl (2018), video installation, 4 minutes. Image courtesy of the artists.
Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Installation view of Miriam CHARLIE Away From Home series commissioned by the City of Boroondara (2020), Digitally scanned and printed polaroid photographs, 48 x 39cm each. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Miriam CHARLIE Away From Home [2] (2020), Digitally scanned and printed polaroid photograph, 48 x 39cm. Commissioned by the City of Boroondara.
Miriam CHARLIE Away From Home [4] (2020), Digitally scanned and printed polaroid photograph, 48 x 39cm. Commissioned by the City of Boroondara.
Miriam CHARLIE Away From Home [10] (2020), Digitally scanned and printed polaroid photograph, 48 x 39cm. Commissioned by the City of Boroondara.
Installation view of Ophelia BAKOWSKI, IamOphelia (2019), Two-channel video installation, 11 minutes. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Still from Ophelia BAKOWSKI, IamOphelia (2019), Two-channel video installation, 11 minutes. Image courtesy of the artist.
Still from Ophelia BAKOWSKI, IamOphelia (2019), Two-channel video installation, 11 minutes. Image courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of James TYLOR, Economics of Water series (2018), Digital print on photographic paper with metallic gold paint, 100 x 100cm each. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
James TYLOR, Economics of Water #13 (2018), Digital print on photographic paper with metallic gold paint, 100 x 100cm each. Image courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery.
James TYLOR, Economics of Water #14 (2018), Digital print on photographic paper with metallic gold paint, 100 x 100cm each. Image courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery.
Installation view of You Are Here, Town Hall Gallery 2020. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Anne ZAHALKA, You Are On Bondi Biddigal Land! (2020), Archival pigment print on rag paper, 115 x 190cm. Commissioned by the City of Boroondara. Image courtesy of the artist and ARC One Gallery.
Anne ZAHALKA, You Are On Dharawal Land! (2020), Archival pigment print on rag paper, 115 x 161cm. Commissioned by the City of Boroondara. Image courtesy of the artist and ARC One Gallery.
Installation view of Bhenji RA as part of Club Ate with Justin SHOULDER in collaboration with Tristan JALLEH, INAY FUTURO commissioned by the City of Boroondara (2020), Digital photograph printed on cotton banner, 366 x 270cm. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Installation view of Bhenji RA as part of Club Ate with Justin SHOULDER in collaboration with Tristan JALLEH, INAY FUTURO commissioned by the City of Boroondara (2020), Digital photograph printed on cotton banner, 366 x 270cm. Photograph by Christian Capurro.
Photo 2021 - International Festival of Photography - Logo

You Are Here was originally conceived as part of PHOTO 2020 International Festival of Photography, which has been postponed and will be presented as PHOTO 2021.

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